Harvester



R E U E H April 17,

HARVESTER Filed Sept. 15. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 (Hornet April 17, 1928. 1,666,137

' H. HE UER HARVESTER i Filed Sept.'13. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 April 17, 1928.

H. HEUER HARVESTER Filed Sept. 13. 19 24 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 llatented Apr; 17,1928.

*' EABVESiEBL This invention relates to harvesters and is 1 VIIIGS.

a struc'tu're which can be drawn over a field designed particularly for harvesting-- pea.

" It'is an 'object'o f the invention to provide.

Fig. 2 i sa rear eleva-tionim and will quickly, cut the vines, direct .them "onto suitable conveyorsfand deliver the vines to a wagon adjacent the machine so that, at'no time during the operation, will 10 the vines come into contact with the ground and become dirty.

changes in .the precise embodiment of the invention "herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

" In? the accompanying drawings the pre- In' 'said drawings, 7 re lis a front'elevation of the masection.

ferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

' hine,"the draft tongue being in Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectlon.

' iFig. etis anenlarged view partly in ele-- va'tion and partly in section of a portion of- I the drive mechanism. l

1 Fig 5 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 4.

' Fig. 6 is a detail view of another portion of the driving mechanism.-

' Referring to the figures wheel jouinaled in one side of a laterally extending frame 2 of any desired construction, the other side of the frame being supported by a wheel 3. This frame has a" draft tongue 4 extending forwardly therefrom adjacent the wheel 1. A sickle bar 5 is mounted for reciprocation along the front of the frame and is the same as commonly em-' ployedin harvesters, the" sickle bar being indicated at '5 and being driven by a pitma'n 6 connected to the wrist pin 7 of a disk 8. This disk is secured to one end of a shaft 9' onthe rear portion of which is mounted a sprocket 10. A pin 11 isalso secured to the shaft and meshes with apinion 12 see by characters of, 7 reference 1 designates the mam supporting cured is provided with sprocket 141'. I This' sprocket receives fmotion through a chain 15. from a 'large sprocket 16' which rotat'es-with the wheel '11.} *Thus it will beseen thatt as theQmaChirie moves forwardly motion will betransmitted-"from thewheel l to the sickle bar so that the vines in the path of the bar will besevered.

As shown particularly in'li ig. 1, gathering fingers 17 maybe extended forwardlyirom I Extendingupwardly. from that side of the frame-2 in whichwh'eel l is journ'aled,-is a supporting frame 18 onwhich is mounted an inclined structure 19 extending downf wardlythrough the frame 2 andgupwardly and laterally'beyond' the side of'said frames Journaled {within thefrafiie 2- at the lower end ofthe structure;19 is roll'20 and another 'the'frame 2 a djacentfthe end of the sickle QLL roll 21 is journaled in "the framelfz Close-t0. ip

the wheel 3, as show-hat, 21." On thesetwo rollsis iDOUIllEGdtIH endless apron 22xadafpted to receive the" vines after 'they have. been severed the'osickle" bar- 5; Another roll 23 apron 2 1 extending upwardly and laterally within the structure 19 and havingit-s upper portion mounted onfla {roll 25. This roll is journaled Tin" the lower portion of the structure 19"and is engaged by an endless 25 is connected, at its back end,'toa sprocket if 26 engaged by an endless chain '27 which extends under-'andfis adapted to be' driven by the sprooket -10v v Sai'd 'cha-in also" extends over an dler sprocket28 and thence intoengageine'nt with a sprocket 29' rotatable with the roll 20. Chain 27 also extendsinto en-Y gagement with an idler 30. Thus it will be seen that when the'machine moves forward the apron 22 will be driven inthe direction indicated by the arrowin said figure. Journaled in the structure 19 above the apron 24am upper and lower rolls 31 carrying an endless apron 32; This apron acts as retaining means foriholding vines on upwardly saidapron- An endless delivery conveyor 33 ed within the upper portion of the structure 19 and extends from. a point close. to the upper portion'of apron 24 outwardlyto a point close to the end-of the structure 19.

Thisapron is mounted onrolls 34c and 35 i and is so positionedthatthe vine, when de-v livered from apron-24;, will pass onto the conveyorfig, i a v the apron 2 1 while they are-being carried emu Rotatable with the roll 25' and located at .the front of the structure '19 is a gear 36 which meshes with a gear 37 connected to androtatable with the upper roll 31. Another gear 38 is rotatable with the gear 37 and meshes with a gear 39 connected to and rotatable with the roll 34. Thus it will be seen that when sprocket 26 is drivenby thev forward movement of the machine, motion will be transmitted therefrom through the roll 25 togear 36, thence to gears 37 and38 and to gear 39 with the result that the apron 32 and theconveyor 33 will be driven in the directions indicated by the respective ar- Rotatable with the gear 36 a pinion 40 which meshes with a smaller, pinion 41 secured to a downwardly andlaterally inclined shaft 42. This shaftis supported in a tubular arm 43 suitably connected to the supporting structure 18 and the lower end of the shaft is provided with a pinion 44. This pinion meshes with another pinion 45 secured to a shaft '46 which is journaled in a frame 47 carried by the structure 18 and which can be mounted in any suitable manner; The said frame 4-? has a shaft 48 journaled therein and extendinglaterally therebeyond, this shaft being provided with a reel 49 adapted to work close to the apron 22 and extending practically throughout the length of the apron. A sprocket 50 is secured to the shaft 48 and receives motion through a chain 51 from a sprocket 52 journailed onthe lower forward portion of the frame 47. Another larger sprocket 53 rotates with the sprocket 52 and receives motion through a chain 54 from a smaller sprocket 55 secured to the shaft 46.

A seat for the driver may be provided at any suitable point, as shown at 56 adjacent the various control levers of the machine indicated generally at 57 and which do not m i asers? constitute any part of the present-invention. It will lee-apparent from the foregoing de soription that, when the machine is drawn forwardly, the various parts will be set 1n motion by the rotation of the wheel 1. The

sickle bar 5 will cut the vines in the path.

thereof, and these vines will fall upon the moving apron- 22. This apron will convey the vines laterally to the apron 24 which will draw the vines between said apronand the apron 32, the SELlCl' aprons cooperating to carry the vines upwardly and deposit them upon the conveyor 33. This conveyor, in

turn, will discharge'the vines onto a ,wagon'rv at the side of the harvester. serves to throw the cut vines back onto the The wheel 49 apron 22. a

What is claimed is In a harvester of the classdescribed, the

combination with a main supporting wheel and a laterally extending frame supported at one end thereby, an endless apron moving from one side to the other of the frame, a

sickle bar mounted for reciprocation inn rront of the apron, and a reel mounted for rotation. above the sickle bar; of a structure extending over and laterally beyond the ture.

HENRY I-IEUER.

I foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signa- 

